Post by: Dave Workman on May 10, 2013, 07:51:46 AM
Almost immediately after yesterday’s revelation that the Washington State administrative office of the courts had been hacked, the Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said the case underscores why Washington gun owners “are adamantly opposed to background check records keeping, and want the state’s pistol registry destroyed.”
http://www.examiner.com/article/state-court-hack-shows-why-gun-owners-want-pistol-registry-scrapped?cid=db_articles (http://www.examiner.com/article/state-court-hack-shows-why-gun-owners-want-pistol-registry-scrapped?cid=db_articles)
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 10, 2013, 07:55:53 AM
Post by: turkeyfeather on May 10, 2013, 08:14:48 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 10, 2013, 08:18:05 AM
That is exactly why it should be stopped. The hacker is likely a anti and one could argue that the info received could be used by the anti's for harrasement or harm to the gun owners. I would think in the extreme this could result in a massive lawsuit against the state.
The records hacked were not gun records. They were court records, some of which contained personal and financial information. The point being made by Alan Gottlieb which Dave highlighted in the article is that if someone had access to these court records, why couldn't they also gain access to details on the handgun registry.
Post by: turkeyfeather on May 10, 2013, 09:01:41 AM
Yes I saw that. I was making a point of how ugly it could get.That is exactly why it should be stopped. The hacker is likely a anti and one could argue that the info received could be used by the anti's for harrasement or harm to the gun owners. I would think in the extreme this could result in a massive lawsuit against the state.
The records hacked were not gun records. They were court records, some of which contained personal and financial information. The point being made by Alan Gottlieb which Dave highlighted in the article is that if someone had access to these court records, why couldn't they also gain access to details on the handgun registry.
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 10, 2013, 09:04:42 AM
Post by: Alchase on May 10, 2013, 12:03:52 PM
Post by: HighlandLofts on May 10, 2013, 08:13:56 PM
About six months ago a newspaper out of New York City ran an article for two complete counties just outside of NYC that had every person that has a pistol permit and what handguns they owned. All of that information is available through the "Freedon Of Information Act".
Personally I don't think it's anyone's business what I own and if I have a conceal carry permit, I got my CPL and bought my guns all through legal channels. It should only be my business what I have, and when I die I hope the old lady doesn't sell the guns for what I said I paid for them.
Post by: Hermannr on May 12, 2013, 02:40:34 PM
Dave, do you have any information on what RCW allows the state to collect and keep in a database, hang gun data?
RCW 9.41.129 (note the word "MAY"...ya right...)